Wax-end needle



(No Model.)

J. T. SMITH.

WAX END NEEDLE.

No. 386,723. Patented July 24 1888.

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N ITE TATES JOHN '1. SMITH, OF BELLEVUE, MICHIGAN.

WAX-END NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,723, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed May 17,1888. Serial No. 274,149. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Bellevue, in the county of Eaton and State ofMichigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in XVax-EndNeedles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and

to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallicbristles for shoe-makers or harness-makers use, the same being adaptedto be used in connection with a waxed cord, the whole being technicallyknown as a waxed end, and my invention consists in the specialconstruction of a metallic bristle, which will be hereinafter fully setforth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of a metallic bristleconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged Viewshowing a waxed end applied thereto.

Prior to my invention it has been proposed to provide a bristle forshoe-makers use made up of two pieces of wire, which were twistedtogether their entire length, with the exception of a small space nearthe center thereof, which was left untwisted to form a loop or slitadapted to receive the end of the waxed thread, said opening beingadapted to be closed by distention to hold the waxed end to the bristle.A bristle thus constructed of two pieces of wire has certainobjectionsto wit, the wires,not being united to each other other wisethan by the interlocking of the parts formed by twisting, were liable tobecome separated and the ends of said bristle also liable to becomeseparated, thus rendering a retwisting or cutting off of the samenecessary for further use. Such a bristle, also having but a singleopening, is liable to be untwisted by drawing upon the same.

My improved bristle is made up of but a single piece of wire, which isdoubled upon itself and twisted throughout its entire length, except atcertain intervals,which are left open to form eyes, one of said eyesbeing formed on the end of said bristle while the others are between itand the point. After the wire, which is fine and flexible, has beentwisted, the ends are drawn down and soldered to each other to form apoint and prevent the ends separating from each other.

In the annexed drawings, A refers to a bristle made of a single piece ofwire, which is first bent upon itself and twisted, as hereinbeforedescribed, openings I) being left therein to form eyes through which thewaxed end is inserted.

0 refers to the point of the metallic bristle, at which the wires aresecurely united to each other by solder.

A preferred mode of attaching the waxed end to my improved bristle is byfirst passing one end of the thread or cord through the loop or eyeformed on the end of the bristle, then wrapping the same around thatportion of the bristle between the end eye and eye adjacent thereto,after which it is passed through the central eye and wrapped in asimilar manner, the end being then passed through the eye nearest point,so that said end can be turned back upon the body of the bristle. By sose curing the waxed end or thread to the bristle the eyes are not liableto be drawn together to unfit the same for reuse when it is desired torethread the same.

YVhcn it is desired to unthread the metallic bristle, the thread can beremoved therefrom either by unwinding the same or by simply holding itover a flame.

The bristle hereinbefore described is cheap and convenient, and isadapted for reuse, and when the thread is secured thereto in the mannerhereinbefore described it is not liable to be cut.

I do not wish to limit myself to 'a bristle having two or more eyes, asa single eye formed at the portion where the wire is bent upon it selfwill answer in some cases, though I prefer in practice to provide saidbristle with two or more eyes, as those that are not required for usewill readily close by distention when the thread is not inserted in thesame.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the metallic bristle,for the purpose set forth, made of a single piece of wire which is bentupon itself and twisted to form an eye at one equivalent material andpointed, substantially 10 end, the ends of the wire forming the point ofas and for the purpose specified.

the bristle being connected to each other bysolder.

2. A metallic bristle made up of asingle piece of wire which is bentupon itself and twisted, said bristle having two or more eyes formed inthe body portion, the ends of the wire being secured to each other bysolder or In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN '1. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN EVANS, H. D. HULL.

